Final from the All A. Elliott will take on Fairview on Friday for a chance to go to the All A State. Wow big win.

This game wasn't even close the whole way, a lot of people contributed tonight and Elliott really played good team ball. Timmy had 29 and had one of the best dunks over someone I have seen in a while, (he was a man among boys tonight) I would love to know more stats because Elliott really shot the ball the best I have seen them this year. Friday should be a great game and it is going to take an effort like this to beat a good Fairview team. Good Win for the Lions as they improve to 14-5.

Has Russell always been an All A school? They are 3A in football, but single A in Basketball?

Made the transition this year; really don't understand that either.

Russell 6 8 17 14 45

 

Elliott Co. 27 23 18 8 76

 

Russell -- Ross 3, Skaggs 15, Stapleton 7, Makenzie 2, Whitaker 6, Bailey 5, Hunt 1, Davidson 4, Dehof 2.

Elliott Co. -- Nickell 14, Faulkner 11, Fraley 5, Lewis 2, Knipp 28, Ison 16.

Elliott was impressive tonight... SO glad to see the team ball and team delivery! It was a pleasure to watch this team!

Congrats to the Lions! Wish I could be there friday night.

Has Russell always been an All A school? They are 3A in football, but single A in Basketball?

 

With over 600 students they are far from an A school. The touchstone All A doesn't hold this tourney to just single A schools any more(although that was why it was started). It's all about making money.

2009/10 School Year Enrollment figures per KHSAA:

 

Rose Hill 77 (30 boys)

Fairview 276 (148 boys)

Raceland 312 (155 boys)

Menifee County 319 (153 boys)

Elliott County 336 (179 boys)

 

Bath County 603 (317 boys)

West Carter 633 (322 boys)

Russell 649 (311 boys)

 

http://www.khsaa.org/reports/enrollments/20092010schoolenrollmenttotalsbyalpha.pdf

With over 600 students they are far from an A school. The touchstone All A doesn't hold this tourney to just single A schools any more(although that was why it was started). It's all about making money.

 

For a school to be considered an All "A" school they count the number of students from freshmen to junior, if that number is under the required number then they qualify for All "A" for the upcoming school year... which is why schools like West Carter and Russell (esp. West) bounce back and forth from being All "A" or not... for the other comment made, Russell and West Carter have always been either 2A (past) or 3A (present) together even though West has been in the All "A" in the past for basketball... None of this class stuff makes any sense esp. since it qualifies schools for different things in different sports.

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wrong wording

I don't think we can start comparing basketball and football. 6 classes in football. Only 8 teams in the entire state don't make the playoffs (of course that's an exaggeration, but you catch my drift). All the confusion would be gone if they'd just call it what it is, small school classic versus all A classic.

 

As for the game, total domination by Elliott.

All-A class qualifications differ a lot from KHSAA football classes.

Congratulations to the Lions. Great team effort. I think they are gelling at the right time.

Had no idea Bath's enrollment was that large.

I don't think we can start comparing basketball and football. 6 classes in football. Only 8 teams in the entire state don't make the playoffs (of course that's an exaggeration, but you catch my drift). All the confusion would be gone if they'd just call it what it is, small school classic versus all A classic.

As for the game, total domination by Elliott.

 

:thumb::thumb::thumb:

 

For some reason it burns through me on a class system argument when someone says the little a teams have their own tournament. If it was classified as such, and it was said the little schools have a chance at the small school tourney, it is a huge difference to me. As odd as this sounds, I have a problem with some of the schools in the tourney, but would have none if it was relabeled as a small school championship.